Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Mihail Marin.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Marin vs Silvio Danailov, Manresa, 1990
[ Rc7 ]
b)
Marin vs Attila Groszpeter, Andorra, 1995
[ Rxd4 cxd4 Nf6+ ]
c)
Marin vs Juan Mellado, El Vendrell, 1990
[ Rg5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Marin vs Frank Naumann, Budapest, 1990
[ Nh6+ gxh6 Qg3+ Rg4 Qxg4+ Bg7 Qxg7# ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Marin vs A Cuadras, L'Hospitalet, 1993
[ Bxh7+ Kh8 Ng6+ Kxh7 Nf8+ Kg8 Qh7# ]
Marin Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Marin vs Sergey Kiselev, Bucharest, 1993
[ Ng5 if Qc6 or g6 Rxh6+ & Nf7+ ]
b)
Marin vs Martinez, Andorra, 1994
[ Nd7 w/Nf8+ ]
c)
Marin vs R Rea Villalba, Seville, 1994
[ Qd6 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Marin vs Juan Rodriguez Talavera, Seville, 1994
[ Bd4+ cxd4 Qf6+ Rg7 Ne7 ]
e)
Black to move and win. L Spassov vs Marin, Berga, 1993
[ ...Rxg3 if fxg3 Qh1+ w/...Qg2+ & ...Qxc2 ]
Marin Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 7. Sune B Hansen vs Marin, Badalona, 1995
[ ...Qd4+ Rf2 Qxa1+ Rf1 Qd4+ Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. Vladimir Malaniuk vs Marin, Calimanesti, 1992
[ ...Rxh3+ Kxh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Qg3 Qxg3# ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Santiago Beltran vs Marin, Barcelona, 1993
[ ...exf3 Bf1 Qxf1+ Rxf1 f2# ]
d)
Thomas Nielsen vs Marin, Sitges, 1993
[ ...Nh5 gxh5 Nf7 ]
e)
Gabriel Schwartzman vs Marin, Bucharest, 1994
[ ...Rxe4 Bxe4 Qxe4+ Qxe4 Bxe4+ Kg1 Bxf5 ]
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